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DOI: 10.18413/2313-8955-2016-2-2-66-77

THE ROLE OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS IN THE STUDY OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE MEDICINES AND SPECIAL FOOD PRODUCTS, CONTAINING FOOD ADDITIONS BASED ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL LAW

Today, the most urgent healthcare problems both in Ukraine and throughout the world is the quality, effectiveness and safety of medicines (drugs) and special food products, containing food additives. This is due to the presence on the pharmaceutical market of Ukraine of vast assortment of various trade names of the medicines and special food products, containing food additives. Until now, most domestic companies are not able to produce drugs and special goof products in accordance with the standards of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) due to depreciation of production equipment, the lack of financial assistance from the state etc. All these reasons make it possible to attribute the sphere of drug and special food products circulation to the high risk and require consolidation at the state level of the quality control standards, efficiency and safety in accordance with international practice and legislation. Purpose of the article is to conduct a study of the organizational structure of the Codex Alimentarius (hereinafter – the Codex) in the process of drug and special food products circulation, containing food additions based on the pharmaceutical law. The study carried out: 1) an analysis of the existing pharmaceutical legislation of Ukraine and international legislation on circulation of the medicines and special food products; 2) examined the system and the structure of Codex work; 3) reviewed the functions of Codex Committees; 4) studied food additions classification in the Codex system.

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